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The Origin of Medieval Drama

Leonard Goldstein

出版	Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 2004
主題	Drama / European / GeneralDrama / Ancient & Classical
ISBN	08386400449780838640043
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=xGmcqlDPOnUC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋

It has been widely accepted that the 10th-century liturgical plays developed naturally as a religious entity from the Mass. This approach is critiqued in The Origin of Medieval Drama where Leonard Goldstein places the development of the plays within the socio-economic context of the period, most notably the rapid rise of feudalism. Goldstein argues that the plays were a response by the Church to a decline in faith brought on by the burdens of feudalism on the peasantry. However, instead of revitalising faith, the plays which sought to assure the peasantry of their salvation actually represented and therefore reinforced the emerging private property relation. In looking at the origins of ancient Greek drama where scholars have concentrated more on social and cultural issues, Goldstein develops a Marxist model for the origins of medieval drama.